The Lotus Unleashed: The Buddhist Peace Movement in South Vietnam, 1964-1966

During the Vietnam War, Vietnamese Buddhist peace activists made extraordinary sacrifices-including self-immolation-to try to end the fighting. They hoped to establish a neutralist government that would broker peace with the Communists and expel the Americans. Robert J. Topmiller explores South Vietnamese attitudes toward the war, the insurgency, and U.S. intervention, and lays bare the dissension within the U.S. military. The Lotus Unleashed is one of the few studies to illuminate the impact of

Author: Robert J. Topmiller
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 11/01/2006
Pages: 232
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.08w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9780813191669

About the Author

Robert J. Topmiller is assistant professor of history at Eastern Kentucky University.

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